Garment fastening



Dec.

1,51 71723 J. GIARDINO GARMENT, FASTENING N Filed March 14 1924 Invemor. Joseph Giardino b /mw w Patented Dec. 2, 1924.

UNITED STATES JOSEPH GIARDINO, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GARMENT FASTENING.

Application filed. March 14, 1924. Serial No. 699,251.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosnrH GIARnINo, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Boston, county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Garment Fastenings, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to garment fastenings and has for its object to provide a novel fastening device which is constructed to hold two meeting edges of a garment closely together and which is invisible from the outside. My improved garment fastening is constructed so that the two edges of the garment can be easily connected together or detached from each other and so that the edges will be firmly held in close meeting relation at all times.

In order to give an understanding of my invention, 1 have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a coat collar having my fastening device applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is an inside view of the collar;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 2;

Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the device detached.

My improved garment fastening can be used at any place where it is desirable to connect two meeting edges of a garment together. Merely for the sake of illustrating the construction and operation of the device, I have shown it as it might be used for fastening together the edges of the collar of a garment, and in Fig. 1, 1 indicates a coat having a collar 2 of the military style, the meeting edges 3 of which are to be fastened together. In securing the edges 3 of a collar of this sort together, it is desirable that the edges should be held in the same plane, as shown in Fig. 3, and it is also desirable that said edges should be held in close meeting relation so that there will be no space or gap between the edges when the edges are fastened together. It is also desirable that a garment fastening for this purpose should be entirely concealed from view and should be so constructed that it will not produce an inconvenient thickness or lump on the inside of the coat collar. My improved garment fastening device meets these requirements.

It comprises a U-shaped member 4 and two loops 5, 6 formed on the inside of the collar at the edges 3 into which the legs of the U-shaped member 4 are inserted. The member 41: is preferably made of sheet metal so that it presents a relatively small transverse dimension, and it is shaped to present the two legs 7 and 8, the leg 8 having the lower end thereof bent upwardly to form a retaining lip 9. The loops 5 and 6 may be made of cloth and are sewed to the inside of the collar, as shown at 10. Each loop has a vertical dimension substantially equal to the length of the legs '7 and 8, and each loop is of a size to receive one of the legs of the member 4. The loops are so arranged that the looped ends thereof are situated substantially in line with the edges 3 of the collar.

In using the device, the leg 8 of the memher at will be inserted into the loop 6, and the lower edge of the loop will be placed between the body of the leg and the retaining lip 9 so that the retaining lip will overlie the inner face of the loop, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The retaining lip 9 provides means by which the device will be firmly retained in the loop 6, although it can be detached therefrom if necessary. After the member 4 has been thus secured in the loop 6, the edge 3 of the collar having the loop 6 thereon is raised above the other edge of the collar, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l, and then is moved downwardly into the position shown in full lines, Fig. 1, thereby causing the leg 7 of the member 4 to enter the loop 5. The position of the loops is such that when the member 4-. is in place with its legs occupying the two loops 5 and 6, the edges 3 of the collar will be drawn tightly together and will be held in the same plane, as shown in the drawings.

Owing to the fact that the member 4 may be made of thin sheet metal, it will add very little to the thickness of the collar, and the device therefore can be worn without discomfort. The garment fastening is of such a nature that the two edges 3 can be quickly disconnected from each other or fastened together. Moreover, the construction is such that when the edges 3 are fastened together they Will be held in close meeting relation, thus avoiding the existence of a gap or space between the edges.

lVhile I have illustrated my invention as used for fastening together the edges of a collar of the military style, yet I Wish to make it clear that the device is equally applicable for fastening together any meeting edges of a garment, and hence I do not Wish to limit the invention to use as a collar fastening.

I claim In a garment fastening, the combination With two garment edges to be fastened to gether, of a loop secured to the inner face of each garment edge, each loop being formed of a strip of fabric folded back on itself and having its edge substantially flush With the garment edge, and a Ushaped fastening element having its legs inserted through said loops, said legs having fiat faces lying against the inner faces of the loops and being relatively thin in a direction transverse to said faces, said legs being separated by a relatively narrow space whereby when the fastening element is in place the edges of the loops are held in sub stantial contact, and one leg having a re taining lip at its end which extends at an angle to the flat face and embraces the edge of the loop, the other leg having a smooth end to permit it to be readily inserted into or Withdrawn from its loop.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH GIARDINO. 

